Gallery 0 Results Reset search Close Paul Steyn The unique balance between people and nature at Mai Po seems to be working, but the slow march of urbanization in Hong Kong and China represents one of the largest threats to the wetland. Paul Steyn Kut Ting Marshland Ramsar Site in Thailand Lew Young Shatt AL-Arab River, Abu al khaseeb, Basra Iraq Mustafa Abdulmttaleb Ali Mangrove Swamp, Pagbilao Quezon, Philippines Adriane B. Tobias Kakerdaja peat bog, Kõrvemaa Nature Reserve, Estonia. Peatlands store twice more carbon than all the forests which helps mitigate climate change. Diana Elisa Rhine River floodplain “Grand Ried” Alsace Elena Landmann Fifa Nature Reserve Ramsar Convention Birdwatching hide and boardwalk, Azraq Oasis Ramsar Site Lew Young The Modern Green Fingers. This kid is planting Mangrove Tree for his and everyone's future. To sustain the different species that exist at Balanga City Wetland Park. Michael Jeffrey Carlos Unity College, Caloundra students frog pond planting for World Wetland Day 2015 to create frog habitat as well as help protect the Pumicestone Passage - Ramsar wetland area. Steevens Simone The Alleppey backwaters in Kerala, India. As colorful and tasty as the whole country. Noelia Silva Clarkson Italy, Auronzo di Cadore Ana-Maria Gore Tusa – Barcau Landscape Reserve – Barcau’s Spring, Wetland in Salaj County, Romania Kristina Stanescu Women more dependent on local wetlands, Loktak lake, Manipur, Ramsar wetlands...South Asian Forum for Environment, join hands for 'United voices sustainable solutions'. Amrita Chatterjee The Site mostly lies on limestone through which groundwater aquifers are formed and recharged. Ramsar Convention Gippsland Lakes Ramsar Site, Australia Official site for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia It was named “Elephant Marsh” by the explorer David Livingstone in 1859, who counted as many as 800 elephants in one sighting. Nowadays the elephants are largely gone, but the Site supports over 20,000 waterbirds. Elephant Marsh Ramsar Site plays an important role in maintaining the valley’s hydrological regime, through flood control, water storage and supply of nutrient-rich sediment. Katherine Forsythe Lake Kutubu Ramsar Site Ramsar Convention Covering 2.4 million hectares, the Sepik River will be one of the largest riverine Ramsar Sites Ramsar Convention Experimental paludiculture plots to restore formerly drained and mined peatlands in the Danish Ramsar Site 2166 Lille Vildmose Tobias Salathé Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe Ramsar Site is located around Lake Tumba in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The transboundary area containing one of the huge African carbon sinks through its peatland soils. Brasília - Waterfall Rômulo Oliveiro Chilliwack Lake, British Columbia, Canada Bonnie Cunningham Ilha de Mosqueiro, Belém, Amazônia Camille Silva Inle Lake, Burma - Myanmar Aungko Win